Ocimum gratissimum L.

 
  • Family : LAMIACEAE
  • Family (As per The Plant List) : Lamiaceae
  • Species : Ocimum gratissimum
  • Species Name (as per The Plant List) : Ocimum gratissimum L.
  • Common name : Wild Basil
  • Collection Nos : KFP 5889
  • Key identification features : A much branched, aromatic subshrub up to 2 m high. Branchlets are quadrangular, glabrescent, grooved. Leaves are membranous, ovate to elliptic-obovate, pubescent on the nerves above, sparsely hairy on the nerves beneath. Verticillasters are about 6-flowered, pubescent on the nerves above, sparsely hairy beneath. Calyx bi-lipped, 1�, upper lip is rounded, prominently nerved above. Corolla white, with acute lobes. Stigma is bifid, villous on the upper half. Nutlet is yellowish-brown, subglobose, minutely verrucose.
  • Habit : Shrub
  • Comments : Sometimes cultivated in gardens
  • Conservation Status : Not Evaluated (NE)
  • Distribution Locality : Belgaum, Davanagere, Mysore, Tumkur, Udupi, Dakshina Kannada
  • Floras referred : Rao & Razi, 1981 - Mysore; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2003 - Udupi; Bhaskar & Kushalappa, 2013- Flora of Tumkur District; Manjunath et al., 2003 - Davanagere; Gopalakrishna Bhat, 2014 - Flora of South Kanara

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